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After initial tests created a series of large holes in the wall of the lab, the higher-power Scanning Tunneling Tennis Ball Microscope project was quickly shut down.

https://explainxkcd.com/3080/

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[-] Beacon@fedia.io 40 points 2 years ago

Wouldn't that be a macroscope?

[-] Sphks@jlai.lu 20 points 2 years ago

Heinsenberg principle : once you made one measure, the measured target may not be there anymore.

[-] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago

It's not even really uncertain, after a tennisball to the face, they'll definitely move

[-] Technus@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 years ago

I want to see someone build this so badly.

This guy did something in the same vein but tried to make a musical instrument instead: https://youtu.be/yFIxf2gTg_k

[-] palordrolap@fedia.io 6 points 2 years ago

Based on the positions of the "bonk"s and "ow"s, I posit that the target is a sentient floating torus.

[-] egrets@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Qualified "explain" link for mobile users: https://explainxkcd.com/3080

[-] SomeoneSomewhere 4 points 2 years ago

Fair point, have edited.

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